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What do you do about browsers? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 16 hours ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/oldercomputers@lemmy.ca

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I may have to replace my old Mac with OS 10.13 simply because most web browsers won't update unless a newer operating system is installed.

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[–] suzune@ani.social 6 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

I replaced MacOS on my MacBook Pro with Linux. Now I have full support again.

[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Is it hard to do? I am no computer pro.

[–] suzune@ani.social 2 points 15 hours ago

With user-focused Linux distributions like Mint Linux, it is not hard. The only thing that is slightly scary: MacBooks show 1 minute black screen on boot. Don't worry. That's the usual way Apple tries to scare users from using non-Apple stuff.

Oh, and you should check if you have a Broadcom WiFi chipset. Broadcom does not share hardware infos and I'd recommend that you get a USB WiFi stick. God, I hate this company so much.

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